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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-05
FARM HOMES

We can settle. TO excellent
advantage go families in our
neighborhood, located on
Hoods Canal, in jefferson
county, 60 miles from Seat.
tie. Climate ex client, soil
vary productive. Fruit, veg
etables, hay, etc., raised in
abundance. Good schools
8 months of the year; gen.
eral store, postoffies, and a
live community.
am not dealing in lands,
but offer to assist gratul'
tousIy good men to settle
ment in our community.
Address
J. n. @eARDLE,
ian On loepa. wasiinwsor Texiassy.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-05
Notice to Bridge Builders.

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.v',c-rt shaI be forfeited ia ~ - y - -
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refssss 10 enter into atrsssl 100. ~aso
rsaalsits bond Ter faithful psTio,h 49,
wissia Eve days after swsfa 49, slsss
% b. comps ted w.taan - ss@,snas %
fe a expense o. bsadsT. The sS ~ - "A
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LYMAN WO0lI County 1900
eassiss, May 10 ISL "
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
Killed by Absinthe,

Absinthe is used by nearly all modcr-
ate drinkers here as an appetizer be-
fore dinner, and its opalne tint in the
tumblers set before boulevardiers at the
'abs;athe hour is pleasant enough to
look upon; but its immoderate use is
productive of untold evil. as the chron-
icles of the hospitals can vouch for; and
its slaves are becoming more numerous
every day, particularly among the
poorer classes, who fly to it because it
is cheap and soon intoxicates. A man
known in the neighborhood of the mill
tary school as Pere Frederic, who was
once an operate 'primo-tenore" of re-
putc in the provinces, has just died
from the effects of the noxious decoc-
tion, thus adding one victim more to
the long list of persons called bnveurs
d'absinthe. Frederic destroyed his
larynx by his favorite drink, but he
managed to cke out miserable exist
ence by singing in third-class cafes-con-
certs. He was engaged lately in one of
these places. but the proprietor of the
establishment became bankrupt and
paid off his tenor with "a bottle of abb
snthe." The broken-down singer, who
had no money for food, went home to
his garret and poured the contents of
his quart bottle down his throat. In
the morning he was las dead as door,
nail. PARTS Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
THE CATS DAY COMING.
Indications That Pct Tables Will Take
the Place of Ugly Pugs.

Indications That Pct Tables Will Take
tho Place of Ugly Pugs.
Fashion has long been favorable to
dogs. Cats are now coming forward.
Some charming bellies at Luchon
thought this season of using the Pyre-
mean cat-which is pretty creature
and not so wild as it looks-as a suivez-
moi, .jeune homme. The notion sprang
up in this way: A beauty down there was
given in one of her excursions q lovely
cat. But, as her arms were laden with
mountain flowers, how carry it? A
peasant suggested cutting hole at one
of the ends of hand basket for needle
work just large enough for the cats
neck to be held in without strangula-
ton when the lid was fastened down.
As the basket was padded and lined
with satin and bedizened with fringe
and ribbons, pussy did not object to
being prisoner therein and to being
placed on the lady's hustle as q pack.
There was no other means of CARRYING
the feline unless there. So the basket
was fitted up with strings to tie on to
the waist, and so borne into Luchon.
The arrangement was daring. original
and piquant. 1t found imitators, and
in few days there were not Pyrenean
cats enough for the ladies' bustles. FASH
ION even dared to invade the sanctuary
ut Lourdes with mountain tom or
tabby on the dorsal hump.
A fashion prophet tells me that next
winter the back part of the muif will
contain a pouch in which cat is to lie.
A contrivance of this sort was first hit
upon by Mile. Schneider for her black
and-tan terrier, which regarded the in
side of the muf as prison and wanted
to look about when keeping the hands
of its mistress warm. The Duchesse dc
Bauffremont then took up the arrange
ment, and used to carry about as many
puppies us could fit into the pouch.
Princess Isabeau do Beauvais Craon
used to remind mo of maternal kan
garoo. Her muif had the pocket in
front, and parcel of pups heads of
various breeds peeped from ont of the
opening Mt the top.
The Maltese cat has soft, subtle
manner that is quite Italian, and, in
,easing to be kitten, remains playful.
Michelet and his Angora were u sight
That cat felt his spirit, II it did not
appreciate his mind. In wintcrit served
him as boa. He had loose sleeves
made OH purpose to his overcoats, To
lot the cat stay in them when he went
out in cold weather. Isaw the Angora
creep into the sleeve at Michelet's order.
The poet-historian then folded his hands
In both sleeves on the cat, which purred
forth Its enjoyment Of the situations
Cor. London 2ruth
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
PRAISE AND FLATTERY.
A Sensible Discourse ON tho Difference b,
tween tho Two.

1t is difficult matter to know how,
when and in what measure to give
praise. Some never give any praise.
That is unamiable. Others give great
deal too much. That may be somc-
thing as bad. The characters of both
the party who is in the way of praising
and the party who is in the way of be-
ing praised, call for consideration be-
fore VIC Judge of either. The habit of
never or rarely giving praise, even
where it is due, and might do good,
may proceed from GOODNESS of nature,
and will then be justly censurable; but
it may be only the result of reserved
and diffident habits, in which case it is
to be excused; or it may be the effect of
a deliberate conviction that all praise
does harm, when. Of course, we must
set it down as only an error in judg-
ment.
Tho opposite extreme of too much
and too frequent praise-in short, fiat
tery--is also not to be at once and con-
clusively condemned. When it arises
from directly interested views, or aims
only at playing on a weak point in the
character of o fellow-creature, there is
not word to be said in arrest of judg-
ment; but fattery sometimes proceeds
from benevolent, although it may be
injudicious, wish to give pleasure;
sometimes it is the genuine result of an
over-estimation of its object, or an ex-
aggerated notion OF the merits to which
it refers. Here there may be error, but
there is not ill intention; and fattery
given under such circumstances is OBJ
viously very different thing from the
flattery which aims at deceiving OF
turning into ridicule.
There is also flattery which persons
of a social disposition, and who them
selves love praise, give to others, in
order to be ON good terms with them,
and obtain good opinion and express
sion of friendly sentiment in return.
Here the motive is not SO good, but still
it Is far short Of the depravlty of a
treacherous and derisve hattery. When
we are, then, the objects of flattery, or
witness its being administered to 9TH
ers. we would require to examine and
consider we'll the character and circum.
stances of the person offering it, in or.
der to Judge il the act be an offensc
against good morals; and ifso, how far
it is so. If it appear to proceed from
base motives, let II 10 treated with open
contempt; II from the wish for u return,
pass it as q weakness; II from good
nature or excessive appreciation, ex.
cuse II for tho sake Of Its amiable source.
M Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN.
DlscomfOrts Experienced by Tourists Bount
for POpOcatepetl's Summit.


for Pop0catepetls Summit.
The effects of the rarity of the atmos-
phere were felt as soon as the start was
made, and it was impossible to proceed
more than few yards without stopping
to take breath. The ascent was made
in zig-zags, and naturally rest was
taken Mt the end of each direct line.
At the start. to climb for eight minutes
and rest five was considered making
very good time. 1t was not long be-
fore rest of eight minutes was re-
qRired for every four of climbing, and
after half the ascent was made we
rested more frequently and without
exerting ourselves to sit down. We
thrust our slaves into tho snow and
leaned our heads upon them. Drowsi-
ness overlook us, and progress became
mechanical. We moved only as spurred
on by our ever-watchful guides. If
left to ourselves we would have fallen
asleep. Our hearts beat with fearful
rapidity and the breath became shorter
and shorter. Ringing sensations in the
head like those produced by large
doses of quinine were experienced.
The most acute pains shot through tho
skull. Conversation was suspended,
except among the guides, and their
voices fell on our ears us if coming
from great distance. 1t was impos-
sible to tell what progress was being
made, for the top and bottom seemed
equidistant all the way up. We barely
escaped the most severe experience
likely to occur to those who reach that
high elevation: bleeding Mt the nose,
mouth and ears. 1t would have been the
signal that we had gone too far, that
heart and lungs refused to submit
further, and we should have placed
ourselves in the hands of our guides to
be carried back to Tlamacas.
Our physical endurance was stretched
almost to its limit by the time the head
guide shouted. "Here we are! Smell tho
sulphur!' The Whit of sulphurous
smoke which greeted our nostrils, tell
ing that our task was nearly completed
and rest was athand, acted like power
!ul stimulant. Wa awoke for iinal
effort pressed on, and rested not until
we stood breathless upon the summit
of Popocatepetl. l.-Artsur Howard Nol.
in american Maaasine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
THE DAIRY.

To keep and milk scrub COW is a
waste of mans time. To employ a
scrub man to milk u fine cav is a
waste of the cows time. = Dairy World.
In this country nearly three dollars
worth ofmilk. cream, butter and cheese
together are sold and consumed to every
dollars worth of beef. What is more,
there is not much danger that the
market for dairy products will ever be
less than it is now--it is practically in
exhaustible. Louis Republican.
A New England dairyman states
that he has fed green rye to his cows
for three seasons, and the improve
ment in the quality of milk. cream
and butter is very marked, and finds
the green rye better than any other
kind of grass. Farm. Field and Stock
HnN.
1t is reported, with how much truth
we can not say, that Canadian cheese
factory had between seventy and eighty
patrons and less than ten per cent. of
them were furnishing honest milk. The
factory must have had blind man and
n coward to boot for u checsenaker. -
Hoards Dairyman.
A writer says that the mass of the
butter sold goes for half price, year in
and out, largely because it is churned
Mt the wrong temperature by persons
too stingy or too stupid to invest in q
good thermometer. A variation of five
degrees from the standard spoils or
greatly Injuries either butter or cheese.
The proper way to give salt is to
season the food. When thrown in the
trough and licked up by the animals
salt sometimes causes them to drink
frequently, which is not beneficial in
very cold weather unless the water be
somewhat warm. Salt is necessary for
all classes of stock, but il is more bene-
fetal when given in the food.-Er-
change.
To make first class butter of cream
procured by the centrifugal separator.
the cream should Immediately after
separation be cooled either by being
placed in deep cans in ice water. or
at least spring water. After the ami
NAL heat has thus been removed, the
cream may be allowed to rise in tenn
peraturc to about sixty or sixty five de-
grccs to ripen. Unless separator cream
is thus cooled. the butter will not pos
.ess the finest flavor.--JerScy Bulletin.
There are some peculiar things
about the measurements of good
dairy COW. The length of the COW
from the top of the head to the rump
bone, when the top of the head is in
line with the spine, should be equal to
four times the length of the head. The
circumference of the COW in the center
of the trunk, and when in full milk and
not affected by the calf, should never
be less than four times the length of
the head. The length OF the udder,
measuring between the quarters, should
bn equal to the length and width of the
head combined. The head of ,250-
pound COW should not he less than
twcnty-one inches in length. Home
and Farm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
STORY OF A JAW.
Tho Distance Which 1t VIII Travel In the
Course of Mans Life.

The noon-day customers were drop
ping out one by one from the National
yesterday when dyspoptic-looking
man, who sat at the next table and had
been watching with great solicitude IL
seedy-looking individual who had evil
IDENTIFY come from the Missouri flats to
attend the show, startled his neighbor
by saying: "Have you any idea how
many miles q mans jaw will travel in
the course of his life, assuming that he
lives to be seventy years of age"
"Well, never thought of it," an
swered a young man, who halted in his
wild career of beefs.eak. The dyspep-
tic man changed his seat and exposed
a much soiled piece of paper with some
figures on it, which he proceeded to
explain:
For the first 10 years child's jaw
will 60 about 55 inches daily or 200. .750
inches altogether in q decade. From
his tenth to his twentieth year, what
with chewing gum. food and tobacco.
he will work his jaws say four hours
day, at an average of half au inch per
minute; that would make in a day 120
inches, or in the 10 years 438,00O
inches. During this time he will talk
about five hours day. traversing
about three-quarters of an inch min
ute with his jaw; that would give, in 10
years. 1922. $50 inches to be added to our
former figures.
"For the next 45 years he will spend
say 60 minutes day in eating, when
he will open his mouth half an inch a
minute and seven hours in talking.
when he will average FIVE eighths of an
inch; that is, when you figure it out
5,008, 625 inches.
1--WE now have our man 65 years old.
For the last five years his jaw takes q
rest. He will eat no more than 80
minutes day Mt one-half inch min
ute, or 27,345 inches, and in talking
the distance travelled will not amount
to more than 388, 800 inches. Now for
the total. II we add the various sums
together. we get q. 1856. 4y0 inches, and
dividing by 6S,S60. the number Of
inches in mile, you find that the
maxillary journey is distance OF 107
miles and fraction"
'That IL certainly interesting" said
the young man. ''Have you ever call
oulated the same lip-trip for womanr"
my dear boy,n came the slow. sad
reply, "life is too short" rty
(Kenl gyHsA .,a /.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
Truthful Thomas.

Tom Anjerry, student at the Uni
vcrsity of Texas, was brought up as a
witness before an Austin justice of the
peace.
II desire to remind you that you are
under oath, and if you make any false
statement you will render yourself
liable to be prosecuted for perjury" "
said the justice, severely. This threat
of the justice made considerable impress
sion on Anjerry.
"What is your name"
"Thomas Jefferson Anjerry."
"You are student at the Univer.
sityp'
"Yes."
"What do You study"
"Nothing, "-2eras Sytings.
The silent man Is often worth lis
teuing To. IN, y, Independent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
HOW TO GAIN BEAUTY.
The Charm OF Every woman's Face Lying
In Its Expression.

'It is useless" said an ugly, charm
ing woman lately, "to tell girls that
beauty is but skin-deep. or to underrate
its value to them. They know that the
beautiful woman has the same advan-
tage in life as the princess. All heads
uncover to her on sight, without regard
to her merit"
"Brains and morality" wrote
French cynic, ''are the chief goods of
life, doubtless; but beautiful face is
undeniably in itself a power"
A young girl is apt to overrate its
power. If she has it, she too often be-
comes vain, and her self-consciousness
stiffens the mobile features, gives an
uneasy blink to the eye, and sets silly
smirk upon the mouth. If she is not
born with beauty, she tries anxiously
to simulate it by efforts which make her
ridiculous. In some parts of this coun-
try almost every young girl smcars her
face with chalk, which completely con-
ceals tho skin. In others the hair is
entirely hidden beneath false, kinky
'fronts." In both cases there is no
attempt at deception. The spectator
is openly invited to look, not at
a natural beauty, but at something
which was bought from the barber or
the druggist. Other women use arsenic
for the purpose of obtaining pearly
whiteness of skin. The prominent ply
sicians in New York call attention to
the frightfully rapid spread of this
custom among the uneducated classes.
One of them says: "rhe cause of tho
transparent whiteness of the skin is
that the ends of the blood-vessels are
killed. The arsenic also destroys the
action of the kidneys, and inevitably
brings on fatal disease Of the diges-
tive organs"
The Companion will not attempt to
persuade its girl readers that beauty is
not desirable thing, and worth an
effort to obtain; but it does urge them
to find out, first, what beauty really is,
and secondly, what practicable means
will command 1t for them. Regularity
of feature no effort will gain for them,
but some of the most beautiful women
in the word have not possessed it. A
1.-the figure and free grace of move-
ment may be acquired by loosely fitting
garments, shoes made to fit the foot as
nature formed it, and exercise in the
open air. A clear. vivid complexion
is the sign and result of daily bathing,
outdoor exercise, and plain. healthful
food. The chief beauty in every
woman's face lies, after all, in its ex-
preston, which mirrors the sincerity,
the gentleness, the intelligence within.
"Her face" says Lovett, twas the
benediction to the world, coming from
her true and tender SOUL" That beauty
every woman can gain by pure and
loving life. - Youth's Companion.
ngaA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
RATHER EXPENSIVE.
A Fair Young Decorate Husband Deals
In Facts and Figures.

A Fair Young Decorators Husband Deals
In Facts and Figures.
"What do you think of itp"
A young housekeeper was exhibiting
to All Investigator handsomely deco
rated plate which leaned against neat
easel on the mantel Of her pretty draw.
ing-room.
Beautiful"
Guess where It came fromp"
"France, perhaps"
mo. bought the plate down town
and decorated 1t myself"
IAN excellent idea! You can now
have as handsome dinner set as there
II in New York at mere trifling cost" !"
"That shows what you know about
It," interposed the husband of the fair
artist, with just trace of sadness in
his tones.
II don't see why you say so, john"
retorted the latter.
"Let's figure tho cost probably
have kept closer watch upon that de-
partment of the business than yon l,ave
done" ,-.t rn
"Well, begin" -
'1n the first place, the plate itsei.
cost you S3p''
II know" returned the artist, with
an air of triumph; "but you can't cut
decorated plate like that for less than
e5."
'That may be so," continued the
husband cruelty.
"Next you bought about an ounce of
liquid gold, which cost 1915. You
used about half that amount"
"Not all on that plate, John. You
know spoiled about as much as 1
used"
II know you did, my dear, and you
ruined about S3 worth of carpet with
the stuff; but l didn't intend to reckon
that in this table. Then you bought a
book of instruction which cost $3.50
more. And you took six lessons on the
design you painted, at 81 a lesson. If
you paint any more plates, you will
have to take more lessons. Isn't that
sop
eyes. but l will only need one or two
on each plate from this time on"
II haven't mentioned the paints and
brushes you bought. They cost $40
more, but will prsbably answer for
some time to come in your future work.
I've not finished yet. 1t cost 81 to have
the plate fired. Now, let's see what
tho ooct 10.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05

Hat ~ just SHalnelul' JonH. Lou
know my next work won't cost me
nearly so much"
well see about that" continued
her husband. "Your plate will cost
So; gold (barring accidcnts) say 81.
lessons S2. paint, say 81, and firing 81.
That makes So. Pretty high price to
pay for a S5 plate. eh? This doesn't
include the expense of headache,
backache and loss of temper which a
painting always produces in you.
Neither does it take in the amount of
vexation your illness always causes me.
No, my friend,' added the husband, in
conclusion, as he turned to the investi-
gator, II find it cheaper to buy my
china. am afraid whole dinner set
would leave me nothing to buy food to
dine Oh. IN. Y. Mail and Express.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05

IA man at Knowlton. Quebec. 70.
Gently dug 100 bushels OF potatoes u
one day. ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05

With $4,000 capital a Connecticut
man went to Australia year and
half ago and put his money into skating
Kinks. 1t Is said that he now owns four
teen rinks and that they net him e7A.
600 wear. rs->-s-~,-'s~' Il f
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05

"A good wife and health are
mans best wealth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05

The silent man is often worth lis
,uing to.--M. y Independent
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-10-14

The story told by Stain in regard to the
robbery of the Dexter Savings Bank and the
murder of Cashier Barron is so circulEstan-
tial in its details that it would seem very
easy task to discredit it il it be untrue. He
narrates in detail several trips Of the robbers
to Dexter to get the "lay of the land" tells
how they went, at what hotels they stopped
on the way and how they worked at Dexter.
Twice he says they sent their team from
Boston to Gardiner by boat. He is specific
about dates as a general thing 1t would
seem therefore that inquiry along the routes
they took ought TO discover even at this late
day somebody who saw them. One of Stains
statements in particular it would seem to be
one Of the robbers hired an officer opposite
the bank for observation purposes represent
ing that he was an insurance agent 1t
ought not to be difficult to determine wheth-
er or not such transaction took place. At
the inquest soon after the tragedy no such
fact was testified to. What Stains motive
can be for fabsicating this story, assuming
that he has done so, 1t is difficult to see, and
1t Is the absence of any apparent motive for
lying that just now constitutes the strongest
evidence that he is telling the truth. OF cor
roboratiye evidence there is very little, the
most Important piece perhaps being the find
ing Of several large punches of keys con-
cealed near the house of the elder Stain,
which tends TO show that Stain had had some
other business than shoemaking. Before
accepting the story as true or rejecting it as
false the public will want more light